I am pleased to announce the successful completion of our inaugural catalog/internet auction event. Concluded on Saturday, March 28th, the auction generated total prices realized of $737,058. There were 3,351 registered bidders, and 95 different winning bidders. A total of 235 lots were featured, of which 234 were sold. There were 2,502 bids placed, for an average of close to 11 bids per lot.

I'd like to thank all of our clients who participated in the auction. The entire process went very smoothly. Several bidders commented on how easy it was to use our internet auction software, and how much they enjoyed the sale ending on a lot by lot basis. If anyone has thoughts on what we could do to make the auction even better, I'd certainly appreciate hearing from you.

Considering the economy, I'm extremely happy with the sales results. The true rarities did exceptionally well. There was intense bidding for many of the 19th Century cards, high-grade tobacco cards, and rare E-cards. As has been the case in many recent auctions, items t hat were virtually unique for the grade, or that had exceptional eye-appeal for the grade, did outstanding.

All lots, along with complete descriptions, high-resolution scans, and prices realized are permanently archived on the Legacy website at www.legacyrarities.com.

Anyone interested in receiving a copy of the complete auction catalog with all prices realized, or interested in receiving future auction catalogs, can call Jennifer Heard at (231) 922-8037. Or, they can go to the Legacy website at www.legacyrarities.com and click on "Request a Catalog."

Legacy's next auction is scheduled for August 8, 2009. We are now accepting consignments to the sale. Cash advances are available. A special commission structure with sizable incentives for large consignmen ts is also available. The deadline for consignments is June 1st, 2009. Anyone interested in consigning should call me at (231) 922-8037.

Legacy Sports Rarities was founded in 2002 by veteran dealer Greg Bussineau. Bussineau founded Superior Sportcard in 1982 and Superior Sports Auctions in 1996. Superior Sports Auctions was purchased by Collectors Universe in 1999, upon agreement that Bussineau would stay on and run the company for three years. At the end of this agreement, Bussineau decided to go back into business for himself and formed Legacy Sports Rarities.

In addition to buying and selling virtually every major important sportscard ever produced, Bussineau has been instrumental in helping to assemble some of the greatest sportscard collections in history. He was chosen to auction off the personal memorabilia collection of basketball Hall-of-Famer Bill Sharman, as well as the personal sportscard collection of PSA founder David Hall. Bussineau was also one of three people who helped to formulate the original grading standards employed by PSA - the world's largest independent sportscard third-party grading and authentication service.